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Instead of regime change, all the bombing has produced so far is regime reinforcement and no end in sight With the US-Israeli bombing of Iran now in its third week, its costs are mounting, its purpose is increasingly muddled and potential off-ramps have become frustratingly elusive. Yet rather than succumb to despair, we should urgently … Read more

City lawyers say former mayor is not entitled to public-funded defense over alleged 1993 sexual assault Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: A top conservative organization advocating parents’ rights is descending on Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with both Republicans and Democrats on the subject of transgender issues and other agenda items. Moms for Liberty is taking its “parents pledge” to Congress, with group members expected to sit down with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., … Read more

$11.3bn more than enough to fund EPA or National Cancer Institute, where administration sought to slash budgets Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The US spent $11.3bn on just the first week of its military assault on Iran. This huge expenditure dwarves the annual budgets of … Read more

Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is aiming for a third term and will take on Republican Darren Bailey in November. Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton won the Democratic Senate Primary and will face Republican attorney Don Tracy in the general election to succeed retiring Democratic Senator Dick Durbin.

FIRST ON FOX: A top senator involved in slashing red tape will tout a plan requiring line-item proof of every federal tax dollar from entities that receive federal funding. Sen. Joni Ernst said her move would guard against rampant fraud such as the slew of allegedly fake Minneapolis daycares, adding the measure could have helped … Read more

U.S. forces hammered Iran’s anti-ship missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz with 5,000-pound bunker buster bombs on Tuesday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil choke point, come as Iran’s stranglehold over the vital waterway has grown concerns over the regime’s threats to oil … Read more

Snub comes as Iran vows revenge for killing of Ali Larijani. Plus, judge orders reinstatement of Voice of America staff Good morning. Donald Trump has said the US does not need Nato after a number of the organization’s members rejected his call to send their warships to reopen the strait of Hormuz. How many people … Read more

Tasteless political merch is nothing new to Donald Trump, but it’s a particularly bad look if you’re married to Bill Clinton We live in a golden age of tasteless political merchandise. This is largely thanks to Donald Trump: over the years the president’s official store has flogged everything from hoodies with Joe Biden falling downstairs … Read more

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Across Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how … Read more